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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: hdparm -d 1 -X 68 ?
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:55:24
Message-Id: hlkge1$m69$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm -d 1 -X 68 ? by Mick
1 On 02/18/2010 01:57 PM, Mick wrote:
2 > On Thursday 18 February 2010 14:33:38 James wrote:
3
4 >> Should I put the drive into udma4 mode?
5 >>
6 >> If so, wouldn't I use:
7 >>
8 >> hdparm -d 1 -X 68 /dev/hda
9 >
10 >
11 > According to the hitachi manual (who made this drive for IBM) the DJNA-3XXXXX
12 > series has a Ultra ATA Mode 2 (33.3 MB per second) capability. So the kernel
13 > is not lying in this case and you can trust hdparm in what it shows. I
14 > suggest you leave alone.
15
16 Shouldn't the drive just refuse any command that it can't do?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: hdparm -d 1 -X 68 ? Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: hdparm -d 1 -X 68 ? Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>